Workforce Mobility Through Augmented Reality The Next Level in the Enhanced Worker Information Platform Technology
John J. Simmins Technical Executive Norman McCollough Technical Leader ICT Informational Webcast February 26, 2015
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.Technologies – Augmented Reality – Wearable Computers – CIM – GIS Context Awareness .Field Tests .Findings .Future Research
2 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Augmented Reality
You really are familiar with this…
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5 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Wearable Computers
Key Enablers
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7 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Advantages of Wearable Computers
.Hands free .Works with PPE .Unobtrusive .Disadvantages – Requires getting used to…. – Risk
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Commercial . Optinvent . Lockheed Martin Kopin . SBG Labs Epson . Rockwell Collins Silicon Micro Display . Osterhout Design Group Google . Trex Enterprises Microsoft . MicroVision Recon Instruments . Six-15 Technologies Scalar Defense . Physical Optics Corp Brother . LiteEYE Optinvent . Innovega Sony . Lockheed Martin Kopin . ARA Oakley . SBG Labs Epson . Silicon Micro Display Laster Technologies . Rockwell Collins Silicon Micro Display . Thales Visionix EyeTap . Osterhout Design Group Google . Canon . Trex Enterprises Microsoft . Olympus . MicroVision Recon Instruments . eMagine . Six-15 Technologies Scalar . Samsung . Physical Optics Corp Brother . MetaView . Innovega Sony . Vuzix . ARA Oakley . Innovega . Silicon Micro Display Laster Technologies . CastAR . Thales Visionix . Lumus Vision . GlassUp
9 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Key Workflow Enablers
.Infrastructure & Technology – Comm protocols – High speed networks – Store and forward – Advanced analytics .Standards – Replace existing workflows – Interface with existing back office systems
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.Guide – Simplest – Largest .Publish – AR married with Web 2.0 tools – Aka “Social AR” .Collaborate – Complex – Future of game based AR
11 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Data Visualization - Maps
12 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Data Visualization – Augmented Reality
13 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Example of Functionality – Augmented Reality
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15 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Common Information Model
The secret of this technology.
16 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. The Common Information Model for Electric Utilities – What is it?
.Common Information Model .High quality model of utility operations information .Used for: . Network Model Exchange . Application Interfaces . Model-Driven Integration .International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standard .Referenced / supported by other entities .Essential to the Smart Grid
It’s all about effective data sharing
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A subset of the IEC 61970/61968 series of standards: .61970-301 – semantic model describes the power system .61968-11 – distribution-specific extensions to the core CIM .61970-452 –Common Power System Model (CPSM) .61963-3 – network operations .61968-6 – work management .61968-8 – customer support Most of the Attention Most of the .61968-9 – meter reading and control .61968-13 –Common Distribution Power System Model (CDPSM) .61968-14-9 – MultiSpeak message specification for meter reading and control
18 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. What is your view of the enterprise?
Gateway MDMS OMS WMS
Enterprise Integration
DMS GIS DERMS DRAS
Meters, Switches, Capacitors, Regulators SOLAR BATTERY PEV
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Who are you? What are you trying to do?
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.Login – who, role? .Where you are determines what you can do…. .Guided directions…. – Opportunity for more AR
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. GPS location services can be enhanced . Challenges with large data sets . Presentation icons scalable . Bad GIS data . Back-end server correction . Use of SDK reduced issues with AR . Define CIM fault message . Key fault message to work request
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The best is yet to come….
37 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Where are we going?
.Asset identification .Wearable computers .Wearable sensors .Links to other data .Supplemental projects
38 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Goals
.Phased approach to pilots .Improved efficiency for mobile work crews .Improved safety through improved situational awareness .Reduced work cycle times .Decrease risk by facilitating interchangeable devices and operating systems
39 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Benefits
– Creation of a comprehensive plan for . Enhance the ability to visualize and implementing wearable computer mentally process large amounts of technology and augmented reality disparate data from multiple sources in across all sectors of the utility industry. a timely manner – Develop an understanding of all . Avoiding vendor “lock-in” for the purpose mobile workflows and the common of visualizing and utilizing data and unique data requirements. . Increase crew efficiencies due to improved system representation and availability of – Implement a technologically advanced documentation work management that should: . Lead to methods/processes/procedures . Increase crew safety due to more that reduce work order cycle times. accurate, real time data to the field. . Facilitate the dispatch of the right crews . Enhance both audio and visual with the right equipment and materials. communication to the worker in the . Improved efficiency for mobile work crews field. . Improved safety through improved . Provide justification for increased situational awareness investment in standards based . Reduced work cycle times integration . Decrease risk by facilitating interchangeable devices and operating systems
40 © 2015 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. All rights reserved. Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity
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